Dordle, Quordle, Octordle…

The easiest way to get more Wordle into your life is to get more Wordle into each puzzle. Starting with Dordle, a peculiar arms race began to produce workable Wordle clones where you simultaneously solved more than one word at a time.

Dordle does the obvious, and has two puzzles side-by-side. Each letter guessed applies to both puzzles, and accordingly you’re given more guesses to get there—in this case, seven.

Quordle doubles things again, with four simultaneous puzzles, and eight guesses. Then Octordle raises the stakes to eight words, 13 guesses.

Of course, it doesn’t stop there. Next up is Sedecordle with its 16 words to find, via 21 attempts. And yes, there’s Duotrigordle, sporting a ridiculous 32 puzzles to solve at once, and a daft 37 tries.

As it happens, this is a concept that peaks and then suddenly drops off. Octordle’s eight words is my favourite, where there’s still the element of danger of not getting there. But once you’re at 16, it becomes a fairly simple process of elimination. You plug in your four favorite starter words, using 16 different letters, and after that you can work out most of the words just from the resulting clues. Odd as it seems, the more puzzles you solve at once, the easier it starts to get.

But those first three are tabs well worth leaving open on your phone’s browser.